GB2207737B - An armour piercing penetrator - Google Patents

An armour piercing penetrator

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Publication number
GB2207737B
GB2207737B GB8125292A GB8125292A GB2207737B GB 2207737 B GB2207737 B GB 2207737B GB 8125292 A GB8125292 A GB 8125292A GB 8125292 A GB8125292 A GB 8125292A GB 2207737 B GB2207737 B GB 2207737B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
armour piercing
penetrator
piercing penetrator
armour
piercing
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB8125292A
Other languages
English (en)
Other versions
GB2207737A (en
Inventor
Bernhard Bisping
Hermann Jansen
Peter Wallow
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Rheinmetall Industrie AG
Original Assignee
Rheinmetall GmbH
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Priority claimed from DE19803031723 external-priority patent/DE3031723A1/de
Application filed by Rheinmetall GmbH filed Critical Rheinmetall GmbH
Publication of GB2207737A publication Critical patent/GB2207737A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2207737B publication Critical patent/GB2207737B/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
    • F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
    • F42B12/04—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of armour-piercing type
    • F42B12/06—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of armour-piercing type with hard or heavy core; Kinetic energy penetrators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B14/00—Projectiles or missiles characterised by arrangements for guiding or sealing them inside barrels, or for lubricating or cleaning barrels
    • F42B14/06—Sub-calibre projectiles having sabots; Sabots therefor
    • F42B14/061—Sabots for long rod fin stabilised kinetic energy projectiles, i.e. multisegment sabots attached midway on the projectile

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
  • Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)
  • Agricultural Chemicals And Associated Chemicals (AREA)
  • Soil Working Implements (AREA)
GB8125292A 1980-08-23 1981-08-19 An armour piercing penetrator Expired GB2207737B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE19803031723 DE3031723A1 (de) 1980-03-27 1980-08-23 Wuchtgeschoss mit gezielterweise abbrechbarem vorpenetrator

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB2207737A GB2207737A (en) 1989-02-08
GB2207737B true GB2207737B (en) 1989-06-28

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GB8125292A Expired GB2207737B (en) 1980-08-23 1981-08-19 An armour piercing penetrator

Country Status (5)

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US (1) US4901645A (nl)
GB (1) GB2207737B (nl)
IT (1) IT1209888B (nl)
NL (1) NL8103811A (nl)
NO (1) NO162738C (nl)

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DE4012154A1 (de) * 1990-04-14 1991-10-17 Rheinmetall Gmbh Unterkalibriges geschoss mit treibkaefig
US5313889A (en) * 1993-01-04 1994-05-24 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Stabilization band/ring assembly for aligning a projectile in a gun tube
US5526752A (en) * 1994-09-06 1996-06-18 Rockwell International Corporation Weapon for destruction of deeply buried and hardened targets
FR2740213B1 (fr) * 1995-10-19 1997-12-05 France Etat Projectile a energie cinetique du type fleche
US5834684A (en) * 1996-08-19 1998-11-10 Lockheed Martin Vought Systems Corporation Penetrator having multiple impact segments
US6021716A (en) * 1997-07-18 2000-02-08 Lockheed Martin Corporation Penetrator having multiple impact segments
US5988071A (en) * 1997-08-21 1999-11-23 Lockheed Martin Corporation Penetrator having multiple impact segments, including an explosive segment
US20040055501A1 (en) * 2002-09-20 2004-03-25 Hunn David L. Penetrator and method for using same
WO2004027341A1 (en) * 2002-09-20 2004-04-01 Lockheed Martin Corporation A penetrator and method for using same
US6843179B2 (en) * 2002-09-20 2005-01-18 Lockheed Martin Corporation Penetrator and method for using same
US7448324B1 (en) * 2006-05-03 2008-11-11 At&T Intellectual Property Ii, L.P. Segmented rod projectile
US9746298B2 (en) * 2014-07-30 2017-08-29 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Flechette for direct fire weapons
DE102015117018A1 (de) * 2015-10-06 2017-04-06 Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh Penetrator sowie unterkalibriges Geschoss

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US90732A (en) * 1869-06-01 Improvement in projectiles
US3148472A (en) * 1962-06-11 1964-09-15 Edward N Hegge Subcaliber projectile and sabot for high velocity firearms
US3977324A (en) * 1964-01-13 1976-08-31 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Sabotless micro projectile
DE1428679C1 (de) * 1964-12-29 1977-09-15 Deutsch Franz Forsch Inst Hartkerngeschoss zur Bekaempfung von Panzerzielen
NL174873C (nl) * 1972-07-22 1984-08-16 Rheinmetall Gmbh Sub-kaliber projectiel met staartvinnen.
DE2824738C2 (de) * 1978-06-06 1984-07-12 Diehl GmbH & Co, 8500 Nürnberg Geschoß
DE2844870C2 (de) * 1978-10-14 1984-10-18 Rheinmetall GmbH, 4000 Düsseldorf Unterkalibriges Übungsgeschoß

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
IT8149100A0 (it) 1981-08-13
NO162738B (no) 1989-10-30
NL8103811A (nl) 1989-01-02
NO812833L (no) 1988-10-06
GB2207737A (en) 1989-02-08
IT1209888B (it) 1989-08-30
NO162738C (no) 1990-02-07
US4901645A (en) 1990-02-20

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